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Metapontum
(mĕtˌə-pŏnˈtəm)
An ancient city of southeast Italy on the Gulf of Taranto. It was settled by Greeks c. 700 B.C. Pythagoras taught here in the sixth century.
(mĕtˌə-pŏnˈtəm)